Posted on 02/09/2016 5:11:10 PM PST by kiryandil
It is no disgrace to lose a presidential primary. Many distinguished people have run for president, and the vast majority of them have lost, many of them badly. Howard Baker, Jack Kemp, George H.W. Bush (1980) and Ronald Reagan (1976) all lost a run for the presidency; some never made it. Sometimes a candidate is not ready, and sometimes the electorate is not ready to hear the message (e.g., Reagan in '76). But it is quite another thing to lose because you, throughout your life, have been hated if not uniformly, then widely and passionately.
Other than Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), we are hard-pressed to recall a presidential candidate who so utterly failed to develop trust, respect and friendships in his adult life. Richard Nixon was hated by Democrats but had developed ties and certainly gained the respect of Republicans from his time in the House, the Senate and the vice presidency. Certainly no presidential candidate before Cruz reveled in the message "Everyone hates me!"
If Cruz does not make it to the presidency, he will no doubt blame the "establishment." But whether he recognizes it or not, his wife and political advisers surely understand that alumni, roommates, law clerks, former staffers in the George W. Bush campaign and White House (and the president himself), members of Congress and others who have known Cruz — lots and lots of people — consider him socially awkward, nasty, dishonest, a blatant apple-polisher and all-around creepy guy. You can write off a few of these critics as jealous of his success, or liberal antagonists, but all of them? There is something badly amiss here. Cruz, who so obviously lacks emotional intelligence, cannot recognize it, but those closest to him surely must see that something is awry...
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I think Teddy Iowa has left the building. He has no chance in the General.
`Nixon, The Education of A Politician 1913-1962 by Stephen Ambrose, Simon and Shuster, p.88
Nixon was a hard worker but screwed the pooch so badly on his first civil trial that his client sued his firm, Winger and Bewley.
Nixon’s firm settled by paying the plaintiff $4,800, and keep in mind that this was in 1938. Bewley later forgave Nixon to the point of saying that he didn’t remember Nixon ever losing a case.
He must have gotten better, so you’re probably right. He got off to a rocky start.
But at p. 88 it looks like Nixon failed at a business venture, leaving investors stranded, as Bewley notes, then opened up his own office in the back of a lumber store (like Jack McGill AKA `Saul Goodman’) and almost starved to death before deciding to give politics a whirl.
But he didn’t have a rich daddy like the Kennedys or Trump, so it is what it is ....
This B is a psychologist now? I thought she was just a RINO political hack.
pp. 88-90
If you vote against Trump, you might get beat up in the streets :)
i will vote for either in the generals.
But Trump voters are the angrier americans, with good reason, but they do scare me a little, i wont lie.
Every time you vote against Ted Cruz, God kills a kitten.
This woman is the ultimate in lying, establishment, liberal, fake-Republican scum.
i assume you are a trump voter, and know that I worked down the block from his building for many years and met him twice.
seemed like a nice guy.
he has certainly tapped a nerve.
every time you vote against trump, his followers attack a person :)
I’m not an anybody voter.
I throw stones at them all.
good for you!!
i went from being thrilled at the top two to souring as their flaws came out.
That’s not fair to either as neither is God. Just men like us.
LOL!
Aren’t you the jerk who I DON’T LIKE?
The person who thinks that men who cuss (like our soldiers) aren’t as worthy as you? Who doesn’t believe that G-d is with these rough men?
That’s right.
You’re the one who wants to enjoy the civilization that these men die for, protect, work for, and provide for, but who still wants to look down on them as less than holier than YOU because they use the words f***, sh**, and d*mn.
You’re the one who doesn’t believe that G-d is with our soldiers.
Yeah.
I still don’t like you.
You don’t matter to me. My family matters to me. The soldiers, marines, sailors, cops, rough-necks, and tower climbers in my family matters.
They all swear.
Anyone who condemns these good men is an un-holy brat who wants to enjoy the benefits that these bleeders provide without giving them the courtesy of a simply acknowledgment.
You suck for insulting these brave men.
demshateGod and you hate good men who sacrifice their bodies for your comfort and security.
We’re very clear, dear.
You’ve made yourself known to me and you’re NOT a good human being.
Jebbifer is beside herself that the country is rejecting Yeb!, the chosen Designated Loser..
She’s lashing out at Cruz in this column
Well, I'm not so sure about Cruz. According to some of his folk, he's the messiah.
If he could show us the documentation of his American Citizenship to prove he is not Natural Born he can stay in the Senate.
As long as it's an illegal alien, a Mooselimb, or a BLM goon, who cares?
STOP PICKING ON CRUZ!!!
lol.
geez. PLEASE tell me if a miracle happens and he wins this thing you’ll vote for him in November.
I’m voting for the fellow NY madman if he wins.
:)
I knew it was hosebag Rubin just from the heading. No need to read the article.
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